Tarrant County Senate District 10 Convention
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Resolutions Committee Report

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Spending Restraint
Limit State and Local Spending - Legislative Priority

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Limit State and Local Spending

 

Finance

 

Spending Restraints 

 

Plank 62. Government Spending and Taxation: 

 

We believe in the principles of constitutionally limited government based on federalist principles. Government spending is out of control at the federal, state, and local levels, and action is needed to reduce spending. We urge the Legislature to amend the Texas Constitution and State statute with a stricter spending limitation based on US Census population growth plus inflation and apply the new limit to Texas’ total government budget. We call on the Texas Legislature to freeze state spending.  Require two-thirds voter approval for any property tax increase or new bond debt obligations, empowering voters to petition for rollback elections to lower existing property tax rates, cutting waste, fraud, abuse, and inappropriate expenditures, and prohibiting loopholes or carve-outs that allow continued unsustainable growth.  Any budget surplus shall be applied to a Texas Health Savings Account (HSA) until such time as we have exited Medicaid. Additionally, we support imposing a spending cap on all local government jurisdictions to be bound by the metric of population and inflation. (F, S, L)